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- Apple Ships Windows Client Software for AppleShare and AppleSearch
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- Dateline: CUPERTINO, California--May 30, 1995
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- Description
- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced availability of its
- AppleShare and AppleSearch Client for Windows software products.
- The AppleShare Client for Windows, which allows Windows users to
- access AppleTalk-based file and print services, will be included
- with all of Apple's Workgroup Servers, making them a low-cost,
- easy-to-use cross-platform solution. Apple also is shipping the
- AppleSearch Client for Windows in its text search and retrieval
- software package--AppleSearch v1.5.
- All Workgroup server customers who purchased a Workgroup Server
- after January 1, 1995, along with customers of the Apple Internet
- Server Solution for the World Wide Web and AppleSearch v1.5, can
- call (800) 617-1788 to receive a free copy of the Windows client
- software.
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- Significance
- Both the AppleShare and AppleSearch Client for Windows software
- products are designed to give Windows users an inexpensive and
- easy way to connect to AppleTalk-based LANs with the same
- computing look-and-feel of standard Windows network application
- programs. Both of the products provide customers in mixed
- workgroups--those using Apple Macintosh personal computers and
- Windows-based PCs--the ability to access information and work
- together over a network with the same ease-of-use that has always
- been available for Macintosh networks. Both Windows products come
- with a network license that allows distribution of the Windows
- client software to any Windows-based PC connected to the network.
- Included in the AppleShare Client for Windows product is the
- AppleTalk Network Protocol Stack for Windows, co-developed by
- Apple and Miramar Systems Inc. of Santa Barbara, California. The
- AppleTalk Network Protocol Stack for Windows will enable
- independent software developers (ISVs) of database, e-mail,
- scheduling and other network services to develop cross-platform
- versions of their applications.
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- Availability and Pricing
- Both the AppleShare and AppleSearch Client for Windows software
- products are immediately available through Apple authorized
- resellers in the U.S. All Workgroup server customers who
- purchased a Workgroup Server after January 1, 1995, along with
- customers of the Apple Internet Server Solution for the World Wide
- Web and AppleSearch v1.5, can call (800) 617-1788 to receive a
- free copy of the Windows client software.
- The AppleShare Client for Windows is available for a suggested
- retail price of $199 in the U.S. AppleSearch 1.0 customers can
- upgrade to AppleSearch v1.5 for $99 in the U.S., which includes
- the AppleSearch Client for Windows. Software upgrades can also be
- obtained by calling (800) 769-2775 (ext. 5921).
- A Software Developers Kit (SDK) is available for the AppleTalk
- Network Protocol Stack for Windows by contacting Miramar at (805)
- 966-2432. An SDK for the AppleSearch Client for Windows is
- available from APDA, Apple's source for developer tools. For a
- free copy of the APDA Tools Catalog, call (800) 282-2732 in the
- U.S.
- Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the
- information industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-
- use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, online
- services, and personal digital assistants. Headquartered in
- Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) develops, manufactures,
- licenses and markets products, technologies and services for the
- business, education, consumer, scientific & engineering and
- government markets in over 140 countries.
- NOTE TO EDITORS: If you are interested in receiving Apple press
- releases by fax, call 1-800-AAPL-FAX (1-800-227-5329) and enter
- PIN number. To obtain a PIN number, please call the Public
- Relations Hotline at (408) 974-2042.
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- Contacts:
- Emilio Robles John McCreadie
- Apple Computer, Inc. Regis McKenna, Inc.
- (408) 862-5671 (408) 974-4398
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- Apple, the Apple logo, AppleLink, AppleSearch, AppleShare,
- AppleTalk, APDA, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple
- Computer,Inc. Mac and PowerShare are trademarks of Apple
- Computer, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
- Corporation. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business
- Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom.
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